663049 external_news 1668021111 1668021111 But the timetable may be overly ambitious. “We’re still a ways away from actually being able to build these hotels and operate them in orbit,” says Glenn Lightsey, a professor of space technology at the Georgia Tech College of Engineering in Atlanta. “It’s coming, and that’s exciting. But it will take a little time to build up to that.” Lightsey sees the first space hotels opening in the 2030s.

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